Bruce S. Gelb

Bruce Gelb "served as Commissioner for the United Nations, Consular Service and International Business in New York City, appointed by former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani. Prior to this, he served in the Bush administration as the U.S. Ambassador to the Kingdom of Belgium (1991-93) and as Director of the U.S. Information Agency (1989-91). He also was the vice chairman of the Board of Bristol-Myers Company, now Bristol-Myers Squibb, with worldwide responsibilities for the company’s consumer products and health care businesses.

Ambassador Gelb has served as a member of former President Bush’s Arts and Humanities Committee and as a member of the Board of Trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. He is also a former trustee of Howard University. Ambassador Gelb is presently vice chairman of the Executive Committee of the Madison Square Boys’ and Girls’ Club; a Life Trustee of the Choate Rosemary Hall School in Connecticut; and a member of the Board of Directors of the United Nations Development Corporation for New York City." [1]